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News?
MPC7500:
As of today, sadly no news.
I think, I would pick a Talos-II lite if I want to buy a POWER9 mainboard.
pocock:
Please have a good look at my comments comparing Blackbird with Talos II Lite
Basically, for anybody choosing between Blackbird and the Talos II Lite, I feel that Talos II Lite is the better choice. It only costs a little bit more, maybe 10% extra but it gives you 4 memory channels and supports up to 22 core CPUs.
The new Radeon RX 6800 XT appears to be an optimal choice for multi-seat, multi-monitor or graphics-intensive workloads. Unfortunately, it is wider than 2 slots. If you put it in a Blackbird then it overhangs the 8x slot. On a Talos II Lite, the 16x slot is on the other side so a large GPU doesn't overhang the 8x slot.
The Talos II Lite mainboard is in stock
The web site doesn't give a bundle price but you can email Raptor and ask them if they will offer a bundle.
surf:
I still have not seen replies to emails or any updates on their web site. However, they did answer the phone and I was told that they are currently expecting blackbird boards to be fabricated in February.
surf:
Any updates? I think I saw Talospace mention an IRC conversation...
tle:
--- Quote from: pocock on January 04, 2021, 11:44:59 am ---Please have a good look at my comments comparing Blackbird with Talos II Lite
Basically, for anybody choosing between Blackbird and the Talos II Lite, I feel that Talos II Lite is the better choice. It only costs a little bit more, maybe 10% extra but it gives you 4 memory channels and supports up to 22 core CPUs.
The new Radeon RX 6800 XT appears to be an optimal choice for multi-seat, multi-monitor or graphics-intensive workloads. Unfortunately, it is wider than 2 slots. If you put it in a Blackbird then it overhangs the 8x slot. On a Talos II Lite, the 16x slot is on the other side so a large GPU doesn't overhang the 8x slot.
The Talos II Lite mainboard is in stock
The web site doesn't give a bundle price but you can email Raptor and ask them if they will offer a bundle.
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I believe the company is fully aware of those drawbacks and going to address them in the next revision of Blackbird.
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